Biology:Centrochelys atlantica
| Centrochelys atlantica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Centrochelys |
| Species: | †C. atlantica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Centrochelys atlantica (López-Jurado, Mateo, & García-Márquez 1998)[1]
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Centrochelys atlantica is an extinct species of tortoise that lived in the Pleistocene. It was first recorded in the volcanic crater on Sal, Cape Verde.[2] It was initially identified as similar to the extant Testudo calcarata (= Centrochelys sulcata). The species is no longer present anywhere in the Cape Verde islands. It has since been described as a new species, differentiated from C. sulcata by its smaller size and lesser robusticity.[1] It does not seem there is any evidence this species came into contact with humans.[3] Kehlmaier et al. (2021) identified the type material of this species as belonging to a specimen of the red-footed tortoise, making C. atlantica a junior synonym of the latter species and leaving the extinct tortoise known from fossils excavated on the Sal Island in the 1930s without a scientific name.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 López-Jurad o, L.F., Mateo, J.A., and García-Márqu ez, M. 1998. La tortuga fósil de la isla de Sal (Archipiélago de Cabo Verde). Revista Española de Herpetología 12:111–114.
- ↑ Chevalier, A., Joleaud , L., and Petit, G. 1935. Les dépôts quaternaires de l’ancien cratère de Pedra de Lume (île de Sal, archipel du Cap-Vert). Comptes Rendus des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 200:1334–1335.
- ↑ Rhodin, A.G.J.; Thomson, S.; Georgalis, G.; Karl, H.-V.; Danilov, I.G.; Takahashi, A.; de la Fuente, M.S.; Bourque, J.R. et al. (2015). "Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians.". Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (8): 000e.1–66. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015.
- ↑ Kehlmaier, C.; López-Jurado, L. F.; Hernández-Acosta, N.; Mateo-Miras, A.; Fritz, U. (2021). "“Ancient DNA” reveals that the scientific name for an extinct tortoise from Cape Verde refers to an extant South American species". Scientific Reports 11 (1): Article number 17537. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97064-2. PMID 34475454.
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